Baganda Standing Flute or Trumpet in Male Form

A small, grave head on top of a very long argument.

This standing flute or trumpet in male form is from the Baganda people of Uganda, made of wood and beads. Buganda, a kingdom of the East African lakes, kept royal musicians at court, and wind instruments had their place among them. Here a compact head with neat features sits on a ringed collar wrapped in blue and white beads. The wide column below is dark and glossy, incised with lens-shaped rings of fine line. A single round hole opens in a reddish oval panel. Fifty-three inches high.

He has the look of someone waiting for the rest of the band.